Quote by Jane Austen
With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works. – Jane Austen

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Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable. – Jane Austen

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Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. – Jane Austen

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So it is naturally with the male and the female; the one is superior, the other inferior; the one governs, the other is governed; and the same rule must necessarily hold good with respect to all mankind. – Aristotle

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You can get your appetite elsewhere, as long as you eat at home. – Anonymous

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Every woman is like a time-zone. She is a nocturnal fragment of your journey. She brings you unflaggingly closer to the next night. – Jean Baudrillard

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We have done almost everything in pairs since Noah, except govern. And the world has suffered for it. – Bella Abzug

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